Improved meat-chopper



` nited [States M. E. RUSSELL, OF CHINA, MAINE.

Letters Patent No. 91,273, dated June 15, 1869.

IMPRO'V'ED MEAT-CHOPPER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, M. E. RUSSELL, of China, in the county of Kennebec,and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful ImprovedMeat-Chopper; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable others to make anduse'my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this speciiication, in which- Figure l is a sideelevation.

Figure 2 is a top plan.

A shows a detail of the adjustable connection between the walking-beamand the post a.

The purpose of my invention is to produce a machine for chopping meat,and a particular reference to the accompanying drawings will bestillustrate the same.

b shows the base or table upon which the knife-operating devices, andtub or receptacle for the meat, are placed.

cshows the walking-beam; d, the arm connecting it with the knives; eshows the tub or receptacle for the article to be chopped; h shows thecrank by which the wheel t' is revolved.

lhis wheel is set upon the shaft m, which is supported by the nprights nn', set into the table b.

The wheel c' is provided with gears, which match the smaller gear k,rigidly attached to the shaft o, which is also supported by uprights,similar to n n', as illustrated in the drawings.

To the smaller gear k, is eccentrically attached the link f, which isjointed to the walking-beam c, at r.

j shows a balance-wheel attached to the shaft o.

The walking-beam c is jointed to the upright a, ats.

By the revolution of the crank h, motion is imparted to the gear i,which is communicated to the shaft o by the gear le, and a verticalmotion is then imparted to the walking-beam c by the 'link f, and so, bymeans of the rod d,..communicated to the knives t, which move verticallyupward and downward.

The rod d is jointed to the beam c at u.

Attached to the outer side of the wheel j, is the arm 'v, placedeccentrically thereon,l so that the revolution of the said wheel j,moves the said arm backward and forward.

Attached to the bottom of the tub or receptacle e, is thecircular-toothed rack w, into which the end of the arm o works, asillustrated in fig. 2, and by each revolution of the wheel j, it slipsover a tooth of the rack w.

The receptacle e is placed upon a pivot fixed in the centre ot thebottom thereof, and turning in a hole made for its reception in thetable b. Thus, by the revolution of the wheel j, thev receptacle e iscaused to slowly revolve, until every part of the inside of the bottomthereof has been presented to the knives.

The length of the stroke of the beam c is regulated by the adjustableattachment thereof to a, shown at A, where the head x is attached to theupright a, by means of the set-screw y.

I do not claim the revolving receptacle e,- neither do I claim thevertically-moving knives; neither do I claim a meat-chopper which hasthe vertically-moving knives and the rotating tub or receptacle e.

The rods or links d and f are so attached to the beam c, that they canbe detached by removing a pin, as, for instance, when the knives needcleaning, and the receptacle e can be lifted from its place on the bedb, when desired.

I do not claim the combination of a walking-beam, pitman, crank-shaft,pawl, rack, and rotary bed, as shown in L. S. Starretts patent, N o.47,875, May 23, 1865. Neither do I claim the combination of a plate,pendant-rods, knives, two rods and a guide-rod, as shown in said patent.My invention is different in combination and arrangement from this; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The arrangement of crank h, shaft m,-gear i, gear k, shaft o,eccentrically-attached link f, adjustable beam c, rod d, and knives t,substantially as herein described.

M. E. RUSSELL.

- Witnesses:

J. L. STODDARD, E. EMERSON.A

